Prime-time network TV listings for Friday November 17, 1978:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Star Wars Holiday Special [special]
The cast of "Star Wars" and guest stars join together to help the Wookie Chewbacca reach his home planet in time for Life Day.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: Tony's Family / The Minister & The Stripper / Her Own Two Feet
Season 2, episode 9 W: Henry Coleman, Fred Fox, Ann Gibbs, Seaman Jacobs, Joel Kimmel D: Richard Kinon With Mitzi Hoag (Recata), June Allyson (Audrey), Van Johnson (Bert Wilder), Tony LaTorre (Angelo), Jennifer Surprenant (Maria), Renata Vanni (Grandma), Mario Bellini (Uncle Gino), Larry Storch (Tony), Roz Kelly, Peter Graves (Rev. Whitney), Vivian Blaine (Barbara Sharp), Alan Young (Phil Sharp). The crew members stow away the family of the ship's engineer; a minister falls in love with an exotic dancer; a couple tries to adjust to the wife's advancing blindness.
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| [NBC 8:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: Mother's Last Visit
Season 1, episode 3 W: William Raynor, Myles Wilder D: Herbert Kenwith With Irene Tedrow (Mrs. Drummond), Richard Fults (Doorman). Mr. Drummond's snobbish socialite mother visits and turns up her nose at her son's adopted black sons.
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| [NBC 8:30] The Rockford Files [Reg]: A Good Clean Bust With Sequel Rights
Season 5, episode 8 W: Rudolph Borchert D: William Wiard With Hector Elizondo (Frank Falcone), James B. Sikking (Jeff Seales), Nicolas Coster (Augie Augustine), James Murtaugh (Bob Parsons), Jerry Douglas (Hugh Wexler), Louisa Moritz (Debbi), Jenny Sherman (Linda), Derek Murcott (Manny Ables), Hank Brandt (Gene Lindner), Joanna Lipari (Mrs. Stern), Patricia Donohue (Board President). Jim is hired by an insurance company to babysit an ex-cop turned TV actor who keeps getting into trouble.
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| [ABC 9:00] Pearl: Part 2 [special]
W: Stirling Silliphant D: Hy Averback, Alexander Singer With Angie Dickinson, Robert Wagner, Dennis Weaver, Lesley Ann Warren, Katherine Helmond, Max Gail, Adam Arkin, Brian Dennehy, Richard Anderson, Marion Ross. Lives are shattered and loves are transformed by the fury unleashed with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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| [NBC 9:30] Hallmark Hall Of Fame: Return Engagement [special]
W: James Prideaux D: Joseph Hardy With Elizabeth Taylor, Joseph Bottoms, Peter Donat, Allyn Ann McLerie. A history professor and a young college student find their lives drastically changed by their contact with each other.
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| [CBS 10:00] Flying High [Reg]: Beautiful People
Season 1, episode 7 W: Dawn Aldredge, Martin Cohan D: Alan Bergmann With Bernie Kopell (Morgan), Darleen Carr (Sofia), Dody Goodman (Midge), Natalie Schafer (Woman), Alan Napier (Arthur), Ken Olfson (Raymond Strickman), Casey Biggs (Dale). An advertising executive designs a campaign for Sunwest Airlines centered around Marcy, Lisa and Pam.
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